“All food (even liquids and nut butters) comes loose and gets put directly into the customers own reusable container,” says Nicola. “We reuse, reduce, or recycle as much of the packaging that we get as possible. We donate the large paper sacks to customers to use as mulching on their allotments and we reuse the plastic drums with each new order of our cleaning products company.”
3rd May, 2017 - Jenny Brown lost her leg, and says her prothesis helps in everyday life. Now, she helps fit new limbs on animals
Jenny Brown lost her leg, and says her prothesis helps in everyday life. Now, she helps fit new limbs on animals at the Woodstock Farm Sanctuary in Woodstock, New York.
2nd May, 2017 - New Zealand police have a new guinea pig mascot
Sometimes good news isn't groundbreaking or even remotely profound. Sometimes it's just hella cute and fluffy and that's good enough.
1st May, 2017 - NASA Is Giving Away Retro Space Travel Posters for Free
"NASA, one of the agencies on the forefront of space travel, is daring to dream. Last year, the jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) designed a set of posters known as The Exoplanet Travel Bureau Poster Series, with taglines such as “Relax on Kepler-16b: The land of two suns—where your shadow always has company.”
Now, they have expanded the series to 14 posters and made them freely available to anyone. All you need to do is visit their website to download the posters to your computer. Humans have never set foot on a planet other than Earth, so these posters are entirely science fiction, but as most good science fiction does, they have science to back them up."
30th April, 2017 - Five days of gruelling perseverance and Patrick Barden - who has cerebral palsy - finished the London Marathon.
This is bloody excellent. 'On ya.
29th April, 2017 - A school where every subject is taught through LARP
I can't even envision how this would work (beyond the samples shown on the video), but I feel like it would be really, really great for particular learners.
28th April, 2017 - Harvard 'pausing' investments in some fossil fuels
"Harvard University is “pausing” investments in some fossil fuel interests following a five-year campaign by some students and environment groups to pressure the university to divest itself from coal, oil and gas.
The elite university has come under fire for investing its $36bn endowment in a portfolio that contains fossil fuel companies and has until now resisted a concerted divestment campaign that has also targeted other US universities.
However, Colin Butterfield, head of natural resources at the Harvard Management Company, said that climate change is a “huge problem” and that “for now, we are pausing minerals and oil and gas.”"
27th April, 2017 - Ikea takes swipe at Balenciaga's $2,150 shopping bag
One of these costs £1,365. The other £0.40.
Fashion house Balenciaga has released a bag that looks uncannily similar to the classic IKEA carry-all. Except it costs approx a billion percent more. Boo-urns. Luckily IKEA have sassed back.
26th April, 2017 - This dog didn't recognise his owner until he sniffed him. Better than it sounds
Tagline sounds hilarious. Result is lovely.
25th April, 2017 - This leather is made of pineapple waste
Made from pineapples instead of cows. Hooray!
24th April, 2017 - Another Big Cat Sighting in Austinmer- Prints Confirmed
Could be a BIG CAT!
23rd April, 2017 - In only 72 hours, young people show they could have a nasty surprise in store for Theresa May
The Tories (and Labour, to be fair) have been running roughshod over the younger generations for years now, and this article, though probably hopelessly optimistic, provides me with a little balm that young people will at least vote, even if nothing comes of it.
22nd April, 2017 - Elderly people look at reflections of their younger selves
Really cool idea for a photo series.
21st April, 2017 - These dome houses are made from polystyrene
I hate polystyrene - that squeaky noise it makes really makes my skin crawl - but these houses look BOSS.
20th April, 2017 - Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
This article is HUGE and mind-blowing. Lots of issues to discuss, but the technology is undeniably fascinating. There's no way I'm summing it up for you. Set aside at least an hour and get stuck in. Hard to say if it's good news or not, but it's bloody well interesting news.
19th April, 2017 - Synchronised swimming upside down looks boss
Good work, humanity.
18th April, 2017 - Some amazing doggy snapchats
Sometimes you just need quality dog snapchats.
17th April, 2017 - May your day be as gentle and calm as this tiny crab eating a cherry
That's all. View the delightful clip in motion here.
16th April, 2017 - ‘First protest in space’ targets Drumpf with an astronaut’s famous words
"The tweet was quoting Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth person to walk on the moon. He famously said of viewing Earth from space: “You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bitch.’ ”
15th April, 2017 - There's A Pre-School Inside This Retirement Home
LOVE IT. Great combination.